Difference between revisions of "Physician-Patient Privilege"
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The physician patient privilege may be waived either directly by the patient, or if the patient's medical condition or information is "put in issue" by the case. However, even when an individual's mental or physical condition is in issue, courts generally will construe the waiver as narrowly as they can, for the protection of the patient. | The physician patient privilege may be waived either directly by the patient, or if the patient's medical condition or information is "put in issue" by the case. However, even when an individual's mental or physical condition is in issue, courts generally will construe the waiver as narrowly as they can, for the protection of the patient. | ||
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b. A court order or any other law requires that disclosure; or | b. A court order or any other law requires that disclosure; or | ||
c. Non-disclosure of the information represents a serious threat to public heath | c. Non-disclosure of the information represents a serious threat to public heath | ||
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| + | 1. Daniel W. Shuman, The Origins of Physician Patient Privilege and Professional Secret, 39 Sw. L. J. 661 (1985). | ||
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| + | 2. Doe v. Diamond, 964 F.2d 1325 (2d Cir. 1992). | ||
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| + | 3. Tarasoff v. Regents of University of California, 551 P.2d 334 (Cal 1976). | ||
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| + | 4. Rex v. Duchess of Kingston, 20 How. St. Tr. 355, 572-572 (1776). | ||
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| + | 5. Law Reform Committee (London) Privilege in Civil Proceedings 20-22 (Sixteenth Report 1967). | ||
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| + | 6. Miss M. v. Commission, Case 155/78, E. Comm. Ct. J. Rep. 1797 (1980). | ||
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| + | 7. Evidentiary Privileges in International Arbitration, Mosk and Ginsburg, The International and Comparative Law Quarterly, Vol 50, No. 2 (Apr 2001) 345-385, 354. | ||
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| + | 8. French Criminal Code- available at http://ledroitcriminel.free.fr/la_legislation_criminelle/anciens_textes/code_penal_1810/code_penal_1810_3.htm | ||
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| + | 9. Swiss Criminal Code- available at http://www.admin.ch/ch/f/rs/311_0/a321.html. | ||
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| + | 10. Belgian Criminal Code- available at http://www.ejustice.just.fgov.be/loi/loi.htm. | ||
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| + | 11. Tasmania Evidence Act 2001, section 127A, available at http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/tas/consol_act/ea200180/s127a.html. | ||
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| + | 12. Victoria Evidence Act 1958, section 28, available at http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/vic/consol_act/epa1958361/s28.html. | ||
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| + | 13. Northern Territory Evidence Act, section 12, available at http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nt/consol_act/ea80/s12.html. | ||
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| + | 14. New Zealand Evidence Act 2006 No 69, Part 2, Subpart 8 (59)(2), available at http://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/2006/0069/latest/DLM393667.html. | ||
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| + | 15. Quebec Rev. Stat. (1941). | ||
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| + | 16. Medical Professional secrecy with Special Reference to Venereal Diseases, Bernfeld, British Journal of Venereal Disease 43, 53 (1967). | ||
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| + | 17. Ethics roundtable debate: Is a physician-patient confidentiality relationship subservient to a greater good? Arthur Morgan, Critical Care 25 April 2005. | ||
